| 1983 1.2 L 3dr in "Carnelian Red" |
 Engine: |
 Standard 1.2 Engine
Standard Pierburg 1B1 Carb.
Standard Air-filter and box
High Performance Silicon Leads
Castrol GTX Magnetex synthetic oil
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| Exhaust: |
Standard except for a Peco BB2 back-box.
This back-box was later transfered to the Antibes |
| Brakes: | Standard front and rear |
| Transmission: |
Standard 4 speed box! |
| Suspension: |
Totally standard 4X4 ride-height! It did have brand new front springs and shocks though, so it did handle suprisingly well! |
| Wheels and Tires: |
Cav 14" LXi-style alloys...they were actually the later type with different centre-caps, and came off of a late MKII Astra GTE Cabriolet.
175-65-14 tyres - Marongoni rotationals on the rear and Pirelli rotationals on the front |
| Bodywork: |
Two-tone painted body-work SR-style, using Hammer-finish Hamerite!
Standard side-rubbing strips retained
Early Corsa A GT lower front bumper (same as early Nova SR), from D reg (fitted to my Antibes and later with a seperate-grill design)
Nova GTE rear bumper lower spoiler...or "flick" (Also swapped to the Antibes)
Standard internal adjust mirrors
Colour coded Mirror housings and Door Handles.
Two-tone air-hones.
Original tailgate badges removed and replaced with custom-made aluminum-look stick on badges. Chrome "SL" badge made from parts from new-style chrome Vauxhall badges
Projector-Beam front Fog Lights fitted to front bumper but removed when I fitted the Corsa A GT lower valance (Swapped to the Antibes at a later date)
Tailgate painted Anthrasite between rear-lights, GTE-style
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| Interior: |
Original Cream seats, carpet and door-trims
Full door trims to cover paint, including rear 1/4 panels
Consisting of door-top trims and larger, full height rear panels, taken from the higher spec GL model
SR front sports seats - old style Plaid type
GL 6-clock dash, including oil-pressure and battery voltage gauges. (Same as old SR clocks)
MKIII Cav Velour head-rests front and rear
Electric windows - MicroScan aftermarket 3-switch kit, with two door-mounted switches at driver's side and one at passenger's side. Mounted directly into the door cards. Illuminated switches (as transfered to my Antibes)
Cav LXi leather-covered steering wheel - same as MKII Astra GTE, but with the addition of leather
Aluminium/Carbon Fibre foot pedals (also swapped to my Antibes)
Black Leather Gear knob
Painted dash, as illustrated in interiour pics
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| ICE: |
Audioline manual-tune radio/cassette head-unit!!!
Goodman's shelf speakers on front parcel shelf under dash!!!
8" amplified Bass-tube in boot.
Didn't sound amazing.....no surprises there then!
Sold it with no ICE at all!
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| Security: |
None apart from a steering wheel lock and hand brake/gear lever lock! |
| Future Plans: |
The plan for the future was originally to get the Cortina back on the road and sell the Nova.
As is the whole point of NOVABUG, the bug struck, so I ended up keeping the Nova a lot longer than expected. The over-all condition of the car was never good enough for me though, so I ended up selling it to buy the Antibes which led on to the ownership of several Nova's and other Vauxhall's! Had I kept the car, who knows what I would have ended up doing....2.0 16v conversion? Who knows?
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| Thanks: |
Thanks to my mate Elden for supplying the LXi alloys, GTE rear "flick", SR seats, GL 6-clock dash, leather steering wheel and a few other odds and sods.
Cheers to my mate John for helping to fit a few bits that freezing winters day, along with Elden at Elden's house.....in less than an hour, it gained the alloys, seats and steering wheel! |
